Power Plants Near 68637 — Ericson, NE

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68637 (Ericson, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.7828, -98.6453 · County: Wheeler

Wind 98%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.9 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
19.0 mi	Ord Ord, NE	Oil	12 MW	City Of Ord - (Ne)
25.3 mi	Burwell Burwell, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Burwell - (Ne)
26.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
26.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
28.4 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
31.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
32.7 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
35.7 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
38.6 mi	Sargent Sargent, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Sargent - (Ne)
40.7 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.6 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.3 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
48.3 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Ericson, Nebraska (ZIP 68637), with a combined 1,033 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Spalding at 15.9 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Nebraska, visit the Nebraska state page.

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